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The Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections

RG24: Rabbinical School and Teachers' Seminary

Series I: Rabbinical School

Series I:

Rabbinical School

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Series I: Rabbinical School includes materials pertaining to former students such as student registration forms, correspondence, certificates of smallpox vaccination, and materials about a dismissal of a student. Other materials include published decrees of the Ministry of Education and a letter regarding School’s repayment of the loan to the Office of the Trustees of the Vilna Education District.

Series and Folders

179 Folders Showing 1 - 179

Folder 1: Original inventory of the records of the Rabbinical School and Teachers’ Institute, probably compiled at the Teachers’ Institute , 1914

Folder 2: Financial reports , 1847-1848

Folder 3: Correspondence relating to the opening of three preparatory courses, appointment of teachers, drafting of budgets , 1847-1848

Folder 4: Copies of the decree of the curator by the White Russian School District of 1847; program of examinations in the preparatory classes , 1847

Folder 5: Correspondence relating to official seal of the school, binding of bookkeeping books , 1847-1848

Folder 6: A request to the director to organize a curriculum of Jewish studies for private Jewish girls’ schools , 1849

Folder 7: List of students, officials and teachers; curriculum and timetable , 1847-1848

Folder 8: Bound document relating to: supervisor of the Vilna Yiddish printing shop owned by the Jew Ronim, 1849; graduation certificates, 1849; health certificates issued by the Vilna Rabbi Israel Gordon for applicants to the preparatory classes, 1849; annual financial reports , 1848, 1849

Folder 9: Records relating to complaint by the father of a student against a teacher; judicial inquiry concerning the teacher , 1849

Folder 10: Correspondence relating to construction materials obtained for the Rabbinical School from the site of a house destroyed by flood , 1849

Folder 11: Inquiry to the director of the school about inspector Gabovitch’s salary , 1849

Folder 12: Documents about the opening of the third class. Includes budget and curriculum for all three classes , 1849

Folder 13: Documents from the White Russian School District concerning the promotion of the administrative secretary of the school, Constantin Jablonsky to the directorship , 1849

Folder 14: Official questionnaires containing biographical information about the school director, school doctor, school registrar and inspector , 1849

Folder 15: Documents relating to the inventory taken of the school archives, classroom supplies, furniture, books, clothing and other items used by students , 1849

Folder 16: Memorandum from the school director to the curator of the White Russian School District about awards for officials and teachers , 1849

Folder 17: Correspondence between the director of the school and the curator of the White Russian School District about finances , 1849

Folder 18: Request by Hirsch Shapiro for permission to take a teacher’s examination , 1849

Folder 19: Documents relating to award for the school director for 25 years of faithful government service , 1849

Folder 20: Questionnaires containing biographical data about school officials , 1850

Folder 21: Correspondence about sacred books printed in Romm’s printing shop , 1850

Folder 21 a: Correspondence about sacred books printed in Romm’s printing shop , 1850

Folder 21 b: Teaching permits for kheyders and talmud torahs , 1850

Folder 21 c: Questionnaires relating to school officials , 1850

Folder 22: Correspondence relating to school finances , 1850

Folder 23: Correspondence relating to awards for teachers and officials , 1850

Folder 24: Confidential circular by the school curator about withdrawing from circulation a dictionary of foreign words published in 1845; circular from the director to the teachers to be on the lookout for anti-government ideas disseminated in higher educational institutions , 1850

Folder 25: Documents about auctioning of second-hand linen and clothing used by the students , 1850

Folder 26: Informational materials from the school curator to the school director of the Rabbinical School , 1850

Folder 27: Request by inspector Stankiewicz for a pension in recognition of a military distinction for heroic service in 1814 , 1850

Folder 28: Announcement about the death of Inspector Rafael Radzicki; correspondence about pension for his widow , 1850

Folder 29: Announcement about the death of Inspector Rafael Radzicki; correspondence about pension for his widow , 1850

Folder 30: Correspondence about transfer of the Rabbinical School to a more suitable location , 1851

Folder 31: Project to open special rabbinical and pedagogical courses, 1851; financial reports, 1851; reports by teachers (Jewish and Christian) , 1851

Folder 32: Documents relating to an inventory taken of the archives, books and other government property , 1851

Folder 33: Materials relating to transfer of two teachers to a higher category , 1851

Folder 34: Questionnaires containing personal information about a number of school officials , 1851

Folder 35: Order to inflict corporal punishment upon a student for fraud , 1851-1852

Folder 36: Documents relating to the opening of special classes, both pedagogical, and rabbinical , 1851

Folder 37: Correspondence relating to the widow of a distinguished school inspector , 1851

Folder 38: Financial report , 1851

Folder 39: Correspondence relating to purchase of utensils for the physics laboratory , 1851

Folder 40: Correspondence relating to awards for officials and teachers , 1851

Folder 41: Correspondence relating to awards for officials and teachers , 1851

Folder 42: Materials relating to the opening of a 4th class: curricula and timetables for each subject; teachers’ opinions; minutes of the session of the Pedagogical Council; lists of textbooks; an order of Governor General , 1850-1851

Folder 43: Death of Inspector Stankiewicz; petition from his widow for a pension , 1851

Folder 44: Bound volume consisting of Wolf Tugenholds’ report about printed sacred books in Romm’s printing shop, 1852; statements of approval of candidates, 1852; official documents from the Military Governor General of Vilna. 1852; questionnaires containing personal information about school officials, 1852; inventories of stock , 1852-1860

Folder 45: Bound volume consisting of Wolf Tugenhold’s programs for Jewish history and correspondence with the administrative office of the Governor General of Vilna, 1853; statements of approval of candidates, 1853, statements of Israel Ginsburg, rabbi of Vilna, 1853; statements of approval of candidates, 1853, statements of Israel Ginsburg, rabbi of Vilna, 1853; program of Jewish studies in the government schools, 1853; diplomas of teachers and students, 1853; questionnaires containing personal information about teachers and officials , 1853

Folder 45A: General materials and correspondence of the Director of the Rabbinical Seminary. Includes bound volume consisting of Vulf Tugenhold’s programs for Jewish history and correspondence with the administrative office of the Governor General of Vilna; statements of approval of candidates, statements of Israel Ginsburg, rabbi of Vilna; program of Jewish studies in the government schools; diplomas of teachers and students; questionnaires containing personal information about teachers and officials (Folder 45 A) Records of Rabbinical School and Teachers’ Institute, Vilna (RG 24) , 1853

Folder 45B: General materials and correspondence of the Director of the Rabbinical Seminary. Includes bound volume consisting of Vulf Tugenhold’s programs for Jewish history and correspondence with the administrative office of the Governor General of Vilna; statements of approval of candidates, statements of Israel Ginsburg, rabbi of Vilna; program of Jewish studies in the government schools; diplomas of teachers and students; questionnaires containing personal information about teachers and officials (Folder 45 B) Records of Rabbinical School and Teachers’ Institute, Vilna (RG 24) , 1853

Folder 46: Printed circulars from the military Governor General of Vilna , 1852-1853

Folder 47: Examination lists of the first class; lists of students, 1852-53. Announcement to the Vilna school curator confirming that the teachers mentioned in the enclosed list, the inspector, cantors and a barber-surgeon, belong to the educational category (in relation to the decree of 1851 dividing the Jewish population into 5 categories) , 1852

Folder 48: Sermons delivered in the Antokol and other schools by Rabbi Luria, as well as preachers and students of the school in honor of the crowning of Nicholas I, birthday of Alexander II and other government personalities , 1853-1854

Folder 49: Materials relating to inventory of school supplies , 1852-1854

Folder 50: Two cash books for the year 1853; annual cash report , 1853

Folder 51: Inquiries by the Vilna school district concerning awards , 1852-1853

Folder 52: A collection of printed circulars by the Governor General of Vilna, some of which relate to Jewish matters , 1852-1855

Folder 53: Correspondence and other materials relating to loans to school officials , 1853

Folder 54: Materials relating to supplying boots to 50 students , 1853

Folder 55: Materials relating to payments of salaries to school officials ,

Folder 56: Request by teacher Shlomo Zalkind to have his son Rafael released from the Odessa School of Horticulture in order to permit his entry to the Rabbinical School , 1853

Folder 57: Correspondence relating to the grant of 100 rubles to the widow of the teacher Gurwitch , 1852-1853

Folder 58: Materials relating to 3 year extension of Rabbinical School building lease , 1853

Folder 59: Correspondence relating to the repayment of a debt of 35 rubles to the former director Waszkiewicz ,

Folder 60: Petition by students or their parents for permission to leave the school and for appropriate documents to be released , 1854

Folder 61: Correspondence from the Ministry of Education relating to the Hebrew alphabet, a short Hebrew grammar, the religious book, “Khaye Odom”; school certificates for students and other materials , 1854

Folder 62: Nomination of a new teacher of Mishna and Talmud , 1854

Folder 63: Correspondence from the police relating to a sum of 105.28 rubles, which the school had received from a Mr. Friedberg, arrested for smuggling , 1854

Folder 64: Documents relating to granting of awards to the officials and teachers of the school , 1854

Folder 65: Cash reports; lists of towns and firms who pay taxes for the support of the school , 1854, 1855

Folder 67: Correspondence relating to ill student , 1854-1855

Folder 68: Loans to the Rabbinical School from the school district, for maintenance of the school , 1855

Folder 69: Correspondence relating to individual teachers , 1855, 1858

Folder 70: Request by the Vilna Governor General for a list of well-known Jewish books , 1855-1856

Folder 71: Correspondence relating to stolen religious books , 1855

Folder 72: Request by a student to give private lessons , 1857

Folder 73: Correspondence relating to a medal for the school director , 1858

Folder 74: Correspondence relating to former student who submitted false information in his application , 1858

Folder 75: Certificate of graduation , 1858

Folder 76: Materials relating to school visit by Alexander II , 1858

Folder 77: Decrees, including one which permits hiring of a person sentenced to exile only 3 years after his return , 1858

Folder 78: Request for a hospital administrative position made by a teacher in a state school in Vinitsa, rejection of the request , 1858

Folder 79: Official announcement that Jews in government positions are exempted from participating in the population sencus , 1858

Folder 81: Materials relating to the compilation of a handbook of sample sermons written by German reform rabbis , 1858

Folder 82: Receipts for sums paid for printed matter , 1858

Folder 83: Bound volume of documents including: curricula; timetables for various subjects; curriculum for a two-level girls school; various certificates issued to students , 1858, 1863

Folder 84: Records relating to a new building for the school , 1859

Folder 85: Request by the poet Michael Gordon for permission to take the teachers’ examination for Jewish government schools , 1859

Folder 86: Six documents relating to personal matters of teachers and officials , 1859

Folder 87: Ordinances relating to: school organization; Russian-Yiddish dictionary; auctions; teaching of Jewish history , 1859

Folder 88: Annual financial report , 1859

Folder 89: Correspondence and printed circulars relating to money to be collected by school as contribution to national Russian monument , 1859, 1860

Folder 90: Materials including questionnaires relating to awards for teachers , 1860

Folder 91: Circulars from the Vilna School District , 1860

Folder 92: Report by the school director on the Jewish school system in the Vilna School District, 1860; school certificates; financial report , 1860

Folder 93: Various documents concerning graduates of the school , 1859-1860

Folder 94: Correspondence relating to a gift from the Crown Prince to a student for a poem composed in his honor , 1859

Folder 95: Statistical materials relating to the school , 1859

Folder 96: Correspondence relating to the appointment of the merchant Aaron Lebenson as honorable trustee of the school , 1859

Folder 97: Acknowledgement of receipt of birth certificates for two teachers , 1859

Folder 98: Examination list; diplomas , 1859

Folder 99: Documents concerning money grants appropriated by school district for maintenance of school , 1860

Folder 100: Decision of Pedagogical Council to distribute second-hand clothing to poor students , 1860

Folder 101: Documents relating to granting of noble status to the sons of the inspector of the Jewish secondary school , 1860

Folder 102: Records relating to loans for maintenance of the Jewish government schools , 1860

Folder 103: Diplomas; lists of students; grades; teachers’ comments, 1861. Also an appeal by the teacher Zelverovitch to open a school for girls , 1861

Folder 104: Bookkeeping forms , 1861

Folder 105: Requests from graduates for permission to teach in the Jewish government schools; statements confirming permission , 1861

Folder 106: Yearly financial report , 1861-1862

Folder 107: Correspondence concerning a 200 ruble loan to be made to the Rabbinical School , 1861

Folder 108: Records relating to salary raises and other budget matters , 1861

Folder 109: Various documents concerning appointment of teachers in Jewish and Karaite government schools , 1861

Folder 110: Documents relating to the closing of the Jewish government schools of the second class and their conversion into schools of the first class , 1861

Folder 111: Documents relating to advancement of teachers and officials , 1861

Folder 112: Records relating to: distribution of clothing among poor students, sale of old school furniture and books , 1861

Folder 113: Correspondence relating to sending rabbinical graduates for apprenticeship period to the government appointed Rabbi Steinberg , 1861

Folder 114: Records relating to placement of graduates as rabbis or teachers in Jewish schools , 1861

Folder 115: Records relating to various matters, including stricter supervision of students to prevent spreading of underground revolutionary movement , 1861

Folder 116: Correspondence relating to a scholarship fund contributed by the merchant Eliashberg on behalf of a poor student , 1861

Folder 117: Correspondence relating to permission for private individuals to take the rabbinical examination, including the rabbi of Rasenai, Zalman Bender , 1861

Folder 118: Records relating to a contract for the rental of a new building , 1861

Folder 119: Records concerning examinations for graduates , 1861

Folder 120: Materials relating to approval of a teacher , 1861

Folder 121: Documents relating to examinations for final year students; requests by graduates for free tickets to Moscow and St. Petersburg , 1863

Folder 122: Report of an inventory of the books at the Jewish Girls School and at the Rabbinical School , 1863

Folder 123: Request to the Vilna School District concerning a loan of 2000 rubles , 1863

Folder 124: Request to take teachers’ examination , 1864

Folder 125: Records concerning amount to be granted to the widow of the teacher Klatshko , 1864

Folder 126: Documents relating to students arrested for not carrying lanterns at night; their release because it was Friday night , 1864

Folder 127: List of salaries; budget of the three Jewish government schools , 1864

Folder 128: Documents concerning publication of Hebrew translation done by Epstein, of Ludwig Philipson’s historical novel , 1864

Folder 129: Annual financial report , 1864

Folder 130: Correspondence concerning granting of awards to certain teachers and officials , 1864

Folder 131: Register of outgoing correspondence , 1865

Folder 132: Correspondence concerning transfer of Director Pavloski to Zhitomir and his replacement , 1865

Folder 133: Examination lists for academic school year; lists of students , 1864-1865

Folder 133A: Examination lists for academic school year; lists of students , 1864-1865

Folder 133B: Examination lists for academic school year; lists of students , 1864-1865

Folder 133C: Examination lists for academic school year; lists of students , 1864-1865

Folder 134: Request for permit to teach Russian to Jewish children; official statements by rabbis; official documents , 1865

Folder 135: Records relating to teachers , 1865

Folder 136: Request by a group of rabbinical students for permission to transfer to the pedagogical course and then to the university , 1865

Folder 137: Correspondence concerning students who give private lessons , 1865

Folder 138: Records relating to candidates for government rabbinical positions; rabbinical diplomas , 1865

Folder 139: Records relating to the Rabbinical School during the Polish Rebellion , 1863-1865

Folder 140: Correspondence relating to collection of funds for a memorial in Vilna for victims of the 1863 Polish uprising , 1865-1866

Folder 141: Reports from various types of schools for Jews; a summary report compiled by the administration of the Rabbinical School , 1869

Folder 142: Correspondence about taking teacher’s examination by the rabbinical students , 1869

Folder 143: Personal papers and graduation certificates; financial report , 1869

Folder 144: Records relating to the punishment of a student for insulting a class supervisor , 1869

Folder 145: Reproof of a school supervisor for improper action against a teacher , 1869

Folder 146: Materials relating to students found playing cards by the class supervisor , 1869

Folder 147: Materials relating to students leaving school without permission , 1870

Folder 148: Materials relating to theft of students’ clothing , 1870

Folder 149: Materials relating to payment of teachers for special services , 1870

Folder 150: Announcements by the administration of the Vilna School District; information regarding teachers , 1870

Folder 151: Permission for day students (including Aaron Lieberman) to take teacher’s examinations , 1870

Folder 152: Printed matter and circulars from the Ministry of Education and the Vilna School District , 1870-1873

Folder 153: Cash books relating to tuition payments , 1872

Folder 154: Records relating to a reward of 100 rubles to the teacher Elye Trotzky. Also about teachers absent from work due to illness , 1863-1872

Folder 155: Inventory of the physics laboratory equipment , 1871-1875

Folder 157: Materials relating to changes in the director’s position , 1873

Folder 400: Certificates of smallpox vaccinations and recommendation letters , 1847, 1912

Folder 401: Student registration form for Faĭvush Haimovich Markus , 1858

Folder 402: Decrees of the Ministry of Education , 1859-1861

Folder 403: Examination grades for Aron Klachko , 1860

Folder 404 A: Decrees of the Ministry of Education , 1861

Folder 404 B: Financial report , 1861

Folder 404 C: Awarding of the commemorating medals to the teachers of the Rabbinical School , 1861

Folder 404 D: Iosif Ozemblovskiĭ, teacher , 1861

Petition for monetary compensation

Folder 405 A: Reorganization of the Vilna Jewish State Real Gymnasium , 1861

New schedule of classes

Folder 405 B: Letter of the Director of the Rabbinical School regarding the repayment of the loan to the office of the Trustees of the Vilna Educational District , 1863

Folder 406 A: Letter describing a former student, Lazar’ Mordukhovskiĭ , 1865

Folder 406 B: Audit of property , 1869

Folder 407: Part of an envelope addressed to the Rabbinical School , 1871(?)

Folder 408: Dismissal of a student Pinkhus Kabachnik , 1874

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Archival Reference Information

Archival identifier

RG24

Date

1847-1874, 1912

Source of original

YIVO Archives

Collection

Archon

Part of Record Group

Rabbinical School and Teachers' Seminary

Enabled

Yes

Detailed Subjects

Jewish Students

Jewish teachers

Jews Russia

Rabbinical seminaries

State Jewish Teachers' Schools

Vilna (Poland)

Organizations

Vilna Jewish Teachers' Institute

Vilna Rabbinical School

Vilna School District

Document Types

Correspondence

Minutes (Administrative Records)

Official documents

Petitions

Schedules (time plans)

Subjects

Correspondence Minutes (Administrative Records)Official documents Jewish Students Jewish teachers Jews Russia Newspapers Petitions Rabbinical seminaries Russia Schedules (time plans)State Jewish Teachers' Schools Vilna (Poland)Vilna Jewish Teachers' Institute Vilna Rabbinical School Vilna School District

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